Object number
2007/63/1-6
Creator
Description
This is a set of six wooden wheel parts, made and used by Douglas Andrews during the course of making a new set of wheels for a nineteenth century threshing machine. It includes: 2 spoke blanks, 2 felloe patterns, 1 felloe section and 1 spoke end template. Douglas Andrews was filmed making the wheels at his workshop in 2007 as part of the Filming Rural Crafts project.
Physical description
wooden parts used in wheel making; condition good
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note - 'Made by Douglas Andrews, wheelwright of Three Cups, Heathfield, Sussex', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Wheel making parts made and used by Douglas Andrews during the course of making a new set of wheels for a nineteenth century threshing machine. // Six parts: 2 spoke blanks // 2 felloe patterns // 1 felloe section // 1 spoke end template // Acquired during the course of filming Douglas Andrews making a new set of wheels for a threshing machine as part of the Filming Rural Crafts project, summer 2007. See project archive for full details.
Production place
Heathfield [East Sussex]
Production date
2007-07-04 - 2007-07-04
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